Women’s History Month Schedule of Events

Women’s History Month 2019

#WomensVoices: A Celebration of Women’s History Month

#WomensVoices is a three-day festival honoring Women’s History Month. These events promote discussion of political movements and personal perspectives central to females’ experiences in the 20th and 21st centuries. This program has been made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Thursday, March 21, 2019
Powers 130
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Hammond Campus

This event will touch on some of the most significant social issues in recent history, such as the #MeToo movement, the #Timesup movement, the 2017 and 2018 women’s marches, and the increase of women running for office.

Sponsored by the College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences (CHESS).

Please mark your calendar and plan to join us as we welcome a panel of distinguished PNW alumnae back to our campuses to share their outstanding achievements. Learn how their PNW education and experiences led to their successes and learn from their life stories!

Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart Movie Screening

Thursday, March 28, 2019
SULB 321
5:00 p.m.
Hammond Campus

Lorraine Hansberry is often remembered for her novel A Raisin in the Sun. She taught in various high schools tackling tough issues related to race-relations in Chicago and accomplished much in her life. Prior to the film, Kirsten Markusic, president of Phi Alpha Theta, will give a short presentation about Lorraine Hansberry’s work as an anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-war activist.

Past Events

Opening Doors, Creating Possibilities

Kicking-off Women’s History Month, all students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to join us for an inaugural networking event that connects our students with professional women from the community. This event offers networking, giveaways and light refreshments for all participants.Register to let us know you are coming!

Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2019

Hammond Campus:
Student Union & Library, Alumni Hall
3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Battalion Movie Screening

Thursday, March 7, 2019
SULB 321
5:00 p.m.
Hammond Campus

Battalion is a movie about the creation of an all-female Russian combat unit that fought in World War 1. The Russians created the battalion as a morale booster for the men fighting against the Germans on the eastern front. The movie will follow the reasons for creating and training the Battalion of Death, as well as its first battles. Before the film, Zack Bevins and Khristine Mak of the PNW History Club, will give a short presentation, including the exhibition of an actual woman’s uniform from the time period.

Tuesday, March 19, 2019
LSF 002
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Westville Campus

Julie DiCaro is a Peabody Award winning journalist, sports radio host, freelance sports columnist, and national speaker. She is a former attorney and current update anchor at 670 The Score in Chicago who frequently writes and reports on women’s issues in sports, such as rape, domestic violence, and sexism in sports media. She has written for Deadspin, the Huffington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and is a featured columnist at The Cauldron / Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports. She has been heard on SI Now, National ESPN Radio Shows, TSN Toronto, and After Hours with Amy Lawrence.

Sponsored by the College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences (CHESS).

The Chicago Feminist Film Festival showcases independent, international film, predominantly shorts, spanning documentary, fiction, and experimental genres, and aims to address issues of gender, sexuality, race, and other forms of inequality often missing from mainstream media. The films in the festival cut across genres, including social documentaries, horror, comedies, whimsical films, and romances.

Sponsored by the College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences (CHESS).